Gary Null
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| Experts disagree on the benefits of supplementing with growth hormone. Some are excited about the antiaging benefits seen in scientific studies. In these studies, senior citizens given growth hormone show an increase in lean muscle mass, a decrease in body fat, increased energy, stronger immune systems, sharper eyesight, and better mental acuity. Other experts, however, caution that more research into safe amounts is needed. We certainly need to stay informed about new studies on this potential youth hormone. |
Tanya Harter Pierce
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 Lee's own experience with his female patients showed that supplementing with therapeutic levels of natural progesterone can significantly decrease the likelihood that a woman will have a recurrence of her breast cancer.
Natural Versus Synthetic Hormones
Unfortunately, when the medical community was finally forced to accept that they could not safely prescribe unopposed estrogen to women, rather than add natural progesterone to their prescriptions, they chose to add synthetic progesterone. |
Michael Tierra, L.Ac, O.M.D.
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 Attacking and supplementing are used when the disease causes signs of both weakness and excess congestion. If one gives only supplementing therapy, the disease might not be uprooted; if one gives only purging therapy, further prostration could occur. In these cases, a combination of ginseng and similar tonics can be given along with purgatives.
Treatment Principles
The principles of the eight methods of treatment are as follows:
1. Supplement weakness before purging and eliminating. This is done to protect the righteous energy from degenerating.
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Mark Blumenthal
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 This study demonstrates that supplementing the maternal diet with EPO changes milk fatty acid composition and may provide other beneficial effects by increasing fat content and energy content of breast milk while also increasing ratio of polyunsaturated to saturated fats. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 For people who must take statins, some physicians recommend supplementing with coenzyme Q10 to help offset some of the risks of these drugs.
Chapter Thirty-two
Some Savory Substitutions: Naturally Good Nutrients
The products discussed in this chapter can be incorporated into your recipes in place of foods that are not as healthy. For instance, use arrowroot powder or kuzu to replace cornstarch to thicken sauces, gravies, and fruits—it's great in pies and cobblers, too. |
Mark Hyman, M.D.
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 Such deficiencies can also cause heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and depression.) supplementing with the essential fats reverses these conditions.
While the saturated fats are more likely to lead to fatty buildup in the walls of our arteries, the unsaturated fats—particularly the monounsaturated fats and the omega-3 polyunsaturated fats—are less likely to do so.
Of all the fats, we find the so-called synthetic, or trans fats, to be the most dangerous. These man-made products are fats that have been altered chemically to produce new substances. |
Michael T. Murray
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 Nutrient Deficiency
As detailed in Chapter 7, people with diabetes have an increased need for many nutrients. A deficiency of any one of several nutrients has been shown to contribute to several chronic complications of diabetes. In general, it is very safe to say that the risk of long-term complications of diabetes is inversely proportional to micronutrient status. In other words, the risk of diabetic complications increases in proportion to the degree of nutrient deficiency. For example, the lower the levels of magnesium, the greater the severity of diabetic retinopathy. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 That's a shame, because the treatments and cures for virtually all chronic diseases are actually quite simple and can be described in plain language, such as making different food choices, getting more natural sunlight, drinking more water, engaging in regular physical exercise, avoiding specific food toxins, supplementing your diet with superfoods and nutritional supplements and so on.
See, western medicine prefers to describe diseases in terms of chemistry. |
Earl L. Mindell, RPh, PhD with Virginia Hopkins, MA
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| Nutritional Supplements for ADHD
A recent group of studies has shown that ADHD children tend to have low levels of the essential fat DHA. supplementing diets of kids with ADHD with fish oil high in DHA may help even them out and foster better concentration and impulse control. Chewable children's DHA supplements are widely available; follow the dosage instructions on the container.
Supplementation with specific amino acids, the building blocks of protein, have been found to help some ADHD kids. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Check out quinoa and look into supplementing your daily diet with green foods powders, like those I've mentioned above. You can also look into taking high-quality mineral supplements and making sure you're getting enough calcium and trace minerals in your diet. Investigate sea vegetables and find out what they can do for you. Plants from the ocean offer amazing healing properties and I’m a firm believer in their ability to treat cancer, among other chronic diseases. |
James Braly M.D. and Ron Hoggan M.A.
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 We recommend exercising caution when supplementing with this B vitamin.
For those with chronically low blood pressure, a common feature of celiac disease, caution is also appropriate when supplementing with vitamin B3. Some individuals choose to begin with very small doses.
Vitamin A Supplementation
Vitamin A deficiency is commonly associated with recurring infections, especially in children. Vitamin A deficiency is also the leading cause of blindness in children worldwide. The ability to safely take vaccinations also appears to be closely linked to vitamin A status. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Healthy individuals can survive the pendemic merely by dramatically boosting immune system function and supplementing with anti-viral herbs as well as powerful antioxidants like astaxanthin. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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 As has already been discussed, supplementing with the right antioxidants while consuming ethanol significantly reduces damage to cells throughout the body, including damage to the liver. Ethanol also damages the liver by depressing an enzyme required to convert methionine into S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) (Mato et al 1994). A deficiency of SAMe can predispose an alcoholic to develop liver cirrhosis. Alcohol-induced depletion of SAMe can be overcome by SAMe supplementation which restotes hepatic SAMe levels and significantly reduces ethanol-induced liver injury (Lieber 1997; 2000a; 2000b; 2000c). |
Bradley J. Willcox, M.D., D. Craig Willcox, Ph.D., Makoto Suzuki, M.D.
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 Cut the CD of your meal by supplementing it with raw veggies. Finish off with fresh fruit.
• Take a rest and smell the tea. After the first half of your sandwich, sip on a cup of green, jasmine, or black tea for a few minutes. Now wait and see if you're still hungry. By pausing after eating the first half and allowing yourself up to 20 minutes to feel full, you just may find you're too full to eat the other half.
• Feed Fido. Restaurant portions are mammoth—almost double the size they were two decades ago. |
The Life Extension Editorial Staff
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| Thete-fore, simply supplementing the lecithin would not necessatily help the metabolic defect in the cellulat use of phosphatidylcholine (Peters et al. 1979; Thai et al. 1983; Little et al. 1985; Blusztajn et al. 1987; Fitten et al. 1990).
A review article analyzed 12 clinical trials using lecithin to treat Alzheimer's disease (265 patients), Parkinsonian dementia (21 patients), and subjective memory problems (90 patients). No trial reported any clear clinical benefit of lecithin for Alzheimer's disease or Parkinsonian dementia. |
Patrick Holford
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 In addition to supplementing with these specific nutrients, you should strive to increase your intake of foods rich in them. For example, most seeds contain high amounts of zinc and magnesium, and almost all fruits and vegetables are rich sources of B vitamins and vitamin C. Chromium is found in whole wheat flour, bread, or pasta, as well as in asparagus, mushrooms, beans, nuts, and seeds.
Hydroxycitric acid
Although it isn't a vitamin, hydroxycitric acid (HCA) could help you lose weight. |
| Including these foods in your diet is a good way to promote healthy intestinal flora, although it is not as powerful as supplementing the strains of bacteria that can easily colonize the digestive tract. These resident strains are shown below. The most effective probiotic supplements provide these strains, often in combination.
RESIDENT AND TRANSIENT BACTERIA STRAINS IN ADULTS
RESIDENT
L. acidophilus
L salivarius
B. infantis
B. bifidum
B. brevis
B. longum
PASSING THROUGH
L bulgaricus
L casei
Bacillus coagulans
5. thermophilus
Key B. = Bifidobacteria; L.
= Lactobacillus; S. |
| When you realize just how many active compounds there are in natural foods, the idea of separating and concentrating each nutrient and supplementing it on its own seems ridiculous. That is why the foundation of optimum nutrition is to eat as much whole, unadulterated natural food as possible and then supplement on top. Natural foods also contain enzymes that help you derive the most benefit from these foods.
Enzymes—the keys of life
We are what we eat, runs the familiar saying. Well, not quite—we are what we can digest and absorb. |
| You will need to make changes to your diet and lifestyLe, plus supplementing antioxidants, to reverse or slow down the aging process.
The main essential antioxidant vitamins are A, C, and E and the precursor of vitamin A, beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is found in red/orange/yellow vegetables and fruits. Vitamin C is also abundant in vegetables and fruit eaten raw, but heat rapidly destroys it. Vitamin E is found in "seed" foods, including nuts, seeds and their oils, and vegetables like peas, fava beans, corn, and whole grains—all of which are classified as seed foods. |
| While more than two hundred studies have shown that beta-carotene reduces your risk for a variety of cancers, three studies have shown that supplementing beta-carotene on its own can raise the risk of cancer, although only if you smoke. Why the apparent contradiction?
Let's examine the most recent negative trial, conducted by the National Cancer Institute. They divided people with a history of colorectal tumors into four groups. |
Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D.
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 For example, let's take a look at a study published in the medical journal The Lancet, that demonstrated that supplementing the diet with a multiple-vitamin-mineral formula can increase nonverbal intelligence in children.52 This study demonstrates the essential role of many vitamins and minerals in brain function. Nutrients especially important to proper brain and nervous system function include thiamin, niacin, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, copper, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, and zinc. |
| Reversing a chromium deficiency by supplementing the diet with chromium has also been demonstrated to lower body weight while increasing lean body mass. All of the effects of chromium appear to be due to increased insulin sensitivity. A chromium deficiency may be an underlying contributing factor to the large number of Americans suffering from diabetes, hypoglycemia, and obesity. There is evidence that marginal chromium deficiency is common in the United States. |
Gayle Reichler, M.S., R.D., C.D.N.
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 Recent research from Johns Hopkins University indicates that the mineral potassium plays a significant role in regulating blood pressure. supplementing your diet with 2,300 mg of potassium can significantly lower blood pressure if you also get at least 2,500 mg of potassium in your food daily. While many people do take potassium in supplemental tablet form, getting your potassium through foods is the optimal way to reduce your blood pressure. The chart below lists the most potassium-rich foods by serving size. Try to incorporate as many of these foods as possible into your eating plan. |
J. E. Williams, O.M.D.
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| Though glandular extracts are the treatment of choice for supplementing borderline low adrenal activity, there are advantages and disadvantages to their use.
The advantage of using glandular extracts is that they are natural and provide low dosages of adrenal hormones as a corrective medication, rather than as a drug. This ensures that you are not over-dosing steroid hormones, since often only very small amounts are needed to re-establish normal adrenal function. Too much can suppress adrenal function. However, there are several disadvantages. |
| In addition to correct food choices, optimal nutrition includes supplementing the diet with vitamins and minerals (see part 2).
Optimal nutrition promotes a healthy immune system and prevents disease. Unfortunately, most people in the West consume far too much animal protein, fat, and refined sugar. Patrick Quillin, Ph.D., the author of Beating Cancer With Nutrition, estimates that only about 10 percent of Americans are optimally nourished, a situation that leads to sub-optimal nutrition (Quillin 1994). |
| Studies have shown, and patient results have confirmed that supplementing with the amino acid lysine and reducing dietary intake of arginine-containing foods are helpful in preventing and managing outbreaks of herpes simplex (Albert 1987). Arginine-containing foods include nuts, peanuts, and chocolate. Though lysine can be obtained from nonfat dairy products, it is best used as a supplement in dosages between 1,000 to 3,000 mg. (For detailed use of all of these nutrients and antiviral herbs, see part 2. |
| However, for some people with adrenal insufficiency, either genetic or as the result of excessive stress, supplementing with adrenal cortical extracts or hydrocortisone may be necessary. (For more details on hormone balancing see step 9.)
Strategy #7. Take proteolytic enzymes: Proteolytic enzymes, introduced and discussed in step 3, have potent anti-inflammatory activity. Take four to six tablets of Wobenzyme three to four times daily between meals or one hour before eating. Proteolytic enzymes are safe and have no adverse effects other than causing occasional indigestion. |
Grace Ross Lewis
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 The food industry supports nutrition research in cancer prevention and the possibility of supplementing foods with phytochemicals.
59. What are the phytochemicals?
These are chemicals that are contained in all plant foods. In fact, the word "phyto" means "plant" in Greek. Interestingly, they are not vitamins or minerals. Phytochemicals are not nutritious in the usual sense. Some types are isothiocyanates, polyphenols, flavonoids, monterpenes, and organosul-fides. |
Phyllis A. Balch, CNC
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 Supplementing breast-feeding with formula, even daily, does not cancel out the protective effect of breast milk.
Ll Diarrhea that occurs in a child under age six is a cause for concern, and should be brought to a doctor's attention. In addition, a doctor should be consulted if diarrhea in an older child or adult is bloody, lasts more than three days or recurs, or is accompanied by cramping with weakness between attacks. In such cases, diarrhea is usually associated with an underlying condition. (See allergies; crohn's disease; food poisoning; and/or hiv/aids; all in Part Two. |
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